10 Most Demanded Skills for Working Online

With a rapid connectivity of the entire world as a global village; trends of working remotely from home as Freelance professionals have greatly increased in past few years. Professionals with diverse skill sets are preferring freelance jobs instead of traditional 9 to 5 strict working hours.
With a huge competition among the people from around the globe; It has become tough for people to win the project bids and obtain long lasting clients on freelancing sites. With such a high competition; one key factor that dominates is the skill set that freelancers possess.
Based on the current job market situation in freelancing sites; I am going to talk about 10 highly demanding skills with most available projects and online jobs.

1. PHP Programming

PHP is a choice for a large number of organizations ranging from small to large scale enterprises for development of their websites and other web applications because of low cost (as Its open source). PHP Programmers are the most demanded professionals when It comes to freelancing world.
PHP Programming is not just about the core PHP development. PHP Based CMS systems like Wordpress, Joomla etc. are the main factor behind popularity of this programming language.
If you want to be a smart Freelance professional; try to excel in PHP programming especially Its different frameworks like Zend, CakePHP etc and also in development of Wordpress Plugins, Wordpress Themes, Joomla Modules etc.

2. Web/Graphic Designing

Designers are also among the most sought professionals in freelancing sites. Websites front end UI designers, Logo Designers and all types of graphics designers with advanced skills in latest tools and technologies are earning huge money by working online.
In order to be a strong competitor for designing projects bids, you should excel in Photoshop, Corel Draw and other designing tools.

3. Mobile Applications Development

Android and Iphone application development has shown a tremendous growth in past few years. Smart phones have widely replaced old traditional phones and now people are switching to the usage of smart phones for all fun and business activities rather than using it just as a tool to make calls.

Android application developers are among highly paid and highly demanded resources in freelancing world. Learn Android application development using java to be among the list of these demanded professionals.

Iphone Applications developers who develop using langauges like Objective C are also enjoying a huge earning through freelancing sites.

4. Front End Development

Front end developers using technologies like AJAX, JQUERY, FLASH, FLEX, JavaScript etc. can find huge number of projects on freelancing sites and can earn handsomely through online work.

For front end developers, designing skills are also sometimes very much needed and having designing skills is a great added advantage for such professionals.

5. SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

SEO is need of every website and every business working online. SEO professionals are those who help businesses to optimize their presence online. 

For becoming thorough SEO professional; You should have strong grip on both On site SEO as well as Off Site SEO.

6. .Net Programming

Microsoft Dot Net Programmers with expertise in C# or VB.Net programming can find large number of projects on freelancing sites matching their skills. 

To compete with other freelancers, you should keep yourself updated with latest technologies, tools and Frameworks for Dot Net programming.

7. JAVA Programming

Both Core Java and J2EE programmers are highly demanded by the employers on freelancing sites. Technologies like JSF, Hibernate, JSF, Spring etc. can add more value to your profile if you are interested to try your luck for JAVA projects.

8. Content Writing

Most of the times, content writing (including article writing) is considered a part of SEO work but keeping in mind the high demand of this; I am putting it as a separate skill here.

Article Writers with strong grip on grammatical aspects of a language along with knowledge of how to write SEO friendly articles are much demanded now a days.

Writing Blog posts, Forum Posts and other technical write ups are also greatly demanded skills for freelance writers.

9. Marketing

Marketing professionals who know how to market products and services and reach potential customers and clients in an efficient manner are well in demand in freelancing market. 

Online marketing involves social media marketing, Lead generation, Mass emailing and various other techniques. 

10. Shell Scripting

Professionals with strong grip on Scripting (Linux/Unix Bash scripting, Python Scripting, TCL scripting etc.) are also among top sought professionals by freelance employers.

Great Ways to Earn Money Online From Your Website

With growing IT revolution; finding ways of earning money online through websites has become a common practice. Every other person is seen trying his luck hard to bring some dollars to his bank account through online means.

Websites are the first thing that comes in one's mind when talking about cyber world. Every person who invests his time and money on setting up online presence in the form of a website; always does so with a hope of some return on investment. Websites can be just an addition to the count of the hundreds of thousands of online sites or It can turn into a money machine depending on how you go with it.
In this post, I am going to discuss about some ways through which you can earn money from websites that you own.

Earning Money Through Ads On Your Website

Monetizing a website by placing Ads is the most common practice that people follow. Advertisement has become the leading way of earning money online now a days. 

Google Adsense is the most widely used Ad publishing platform. You can place Google Ads on your website and earn money based on per click as well as per impression. Depending on the traffic that your website is having; you can earn from a few cents to hundreds of dollars through Adsense program.

There are many other publisher platforms as well that you can use if you don't want to use Google Adsense for any reasons. InfoLinks, Bidvertiser, Chitika and Clicksor are other prominent players in the area of Ads publishing. 

You can also earn money by placing some custom Ads by directly contacting advertisers. 

Earn Money By Link Building and Paid Content

Link Building is one primary part of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Once you have a quality site with a good ranking; people will be attracted to your site and they will request your for outbound links. You can earn money by linking their sites from your website pages.

You can also earn money from your website by publishing any paid content. Paid content can be any promotional/marketing stuff or It can be any normal post with some links to the site of the person who wishes to use your website platform as marketing/SEO ground.

Earn Money From Your Website By Leads Generation

You can use your website as a selling and referral point for many such businesses who are selling their products and services online. For every referral that you make, you get paid for that. 

You can even think of opening your own online selling store and start selling your products and services online. 

For example; you can think of opening an online store for some products of a specific niche like garments or beauty products. You can also think of setting up website for selling services and earning money through that. For example; you can offer SEO services or some technical training services online through a website and earn money by this.

Earn Money By Selling Your Website

I know many such people who think of new ideas, build websites based on their ideas, promote and market their site and once their site gets a good ranking and sufficient traffic; they sell the site for a handsome amount. 

You can earn huge sum of money by selling your websites. People are more than happy to buy sites which are ranked good, getting good traffic and enjoying good repute.

Tips on How To Earn Money Online From Facebook

Facebook has revolutionized our social sector and It has given a whole new life to social networking and social media. Now a days, you can hardly find a person who is not using Facebook or is unaware of this great social networking platform.
Facebook has not only captured the interest of mass individuals but also business tycoons, celebrities and entrepreneurs to utilize the power of this platform to run and progress their businesses and professional endeavors.
Apart from enjoying your time on Facebook and having social link building; you can turn your Facebook activities into a great revenue generating experience. In this post, I am going to discuss on how to earn money from Facebook as an individual.

Sell Products and Services Online Through Facebook Pages

Facebook Fan pages (now called Like Pages as well) are a great way to gather the useful audience and potential customers for a product or a service. One you have a Facebook page with sufficient number of Likes, you got a ground for your business activities. If you plan to sell any of your products; you can easily get your product reached to huge number of people by posting it on your Facebook page. For example; let's suppose that you are planning to sale an Ebook about Beauty Tips that you wrote with an effort of days and months. If you create a Facebook page about Beauty Tips, add sufficient content of public interest in your page and do proper marketing of your page; you will soon get sufficient likes and traffic to your page. Once the Like base is good enough; you can utilize this to aware the fans about the Ebook that you wrote and then you can start selling it through your page.
Even if you are not that type of entrepreneur who can have own products and services to sell; you can use your Facebook pages to sell products of others. If you have a good Facebook page with strong user activism; you can approach different product sellers and offer them your services to get their products marketed and sold. I know many such people who are earning great by just posting about products of other vendors.

Earn Money By Promoting Other Business Pages & Websites on Facebook:

Every business and every celebrity is thirsty of promotion. Who can think of a successful business without proper marketing? If you are a Facebook worm; you can help businesses in online marketing through your Facebook pages, groups and profiles.
You can earn money by sharing links of other pages on your Facebook page. You can also earn money by sharing links of other websites on your page as several website owners will be willing to pay you if You share their content link on your popular pages.

Earn Money on Facebook by working ad Page Administrators and Content Writers:

Many businesses as well as celebrities are in search of people who are Facebook gurus and know all the ins and outs of running Facebook pages and profiles. You can earn money from Facebook by offering your services to such businesses. Adding contents, replying to fan's questions and promoting the pages to bring more likes are the only things that such people do and earn good enough in return.

Earn Money on Facebook by Selling Your Popular Pages:

Creating Facebook pages and then bringing thousands of likes through different promotional tactics and then selling those pages to interested buyers for huge sum has become another common trend for people using Facebook as money machine.
Facebook pages with thousands (rather hundreds of thousands) likes become a piece of attraction for every one and you can easily get a big chunk of money by selling such a page.

Tips for Profile Creation on Freelancing Sites

So you plan to work online from home by winning projects on Freelancing sites instead of working in a typical company from 9 to 6? Let me tell you that the road is not very clear for you and competition is way tough than you think.
When there are hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of buyers bidding on a product being sold; the game goes in the hands of the seller and he sells it to the best possible rate. In a similar way, when someone is looking to outsource his work; he will try to find the most efficient and optimal resource for his job.
On freelancing sites; one post to a hundred candidates can be easily observed when you see number of bids to any project. Trend of working from home as a freelancer has increased manifold in the past few years due to various factors including time convenience, traditional job market saturation and cost effectiveness.
When there are thousands of people like you having their profiles on freelancing sites and are ready to offer their services to the clients at cheaper rates then what you need to do to differentiate and to make yourself shine in the pebbles?
Your profile is the actual face of you that your potential employers on freelancing sites are going to see. A good profile is the key to win good projects. What's a good profile and what are the key things to consider when creating a profile on freelancing sites? In this post, I am going to cover this for you.

Never keep your Freelancing Profile Incomplete:

If you can't complete your profile how can you complete the projects assigned to you!! When a potential employer goes through your profile and finds that It has been created just in a rush and is incomplete; he will simply consider you a non-serious freelancer who can't spend time to market himself even.

Regularly Update Your Freelancing Profile:

Your profile on freelancing sites should be regularly updated and if you think to sustain in the world of freelancing, update your profile the same way as you take care of your face and body. All your skills should be listed properly in the profile. If you have learnt some new technologies or some new skills have been added to your skill set, don't forget to add those. Any professional certifications that you have completed should also be added regularly in your profile.

Avoid adding Irrelevant Content to Your Profile:

Don't try to list those skills for which you are not confident enough to work practically. Remember that no one is a universal talent and there is a limit to the skill set that a person can has. So if your profile has a list of skills from very diverse areas then the employer will get confused about you. You must have a area of specialization and your skills listing should revolve around that. If you are a Android developer; having skills like article writing, SEO and Link Building don't make a sense on your profile.

Add Picture/Logo and Project Portfolio to your Profile:

Its better to have a profile picture or a logo as well. Being a professional, don't put such a picture in your freelancing profile which depicts you as a non-serious or immature lad.
Mention of your LinkedIn profile, details of your project portfolio and clear description of your past experience will add value to your profile.